The Committee for the Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives is a partnership of the cooperative movement and the United Nations.
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Apr 21
🌍♻️ New brief: Cooperatives & SDG 12
From recycling ♻️ to responsible sourcing 🌱, cooperatives are transforming how we produce and consume.
✔️ Less waste
✔️ More efficiency
✔️ Fairer value chains
🔗 Read more: copac.coop/iyc-2025-series-b…
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Mar 2
⚡ New COPAC Brief on #SDG7Energy explores how cooperatives are advancing affordable and clean energy worldwide🌍
📘 Read more: copac.coop/iyc-2025-series-b…
@UN4Coops @ICA_AFRICA1 @ICAAPAC @ilocoopsse @icacoop @CoopsEurope @CoopAmericas
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Feb 20
🌍 Today is #WorldSocialJusticeDay
Cooperatives embed social justice into how economies function — through democratic governance, shared ownership, and reinvestment in communities.
📘 Read “Cooperatives as Engines of Social Justice” in EN | ES | FR ➡️copac.coop/new-copac-brief-c…
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🎉 UNRISD now chairs @CopacCoop with our Senior Research Coordinator @ilcheong_yi serving as Chairperson! Following the historic @UN GA resolution on the International Year of Cooperatives every 10 years, momentum is growing for inclusive development.
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🌏 Save the Date, #CSocD64 side event!
Advancing Social Development & Social Justice through Cooperative & Social and Solidarity Economy SSE Solutions-From World Social Summit to Implementation.
📅6 Feb 2026 | 10:00–11:15 AM
📍CR.11, UNHQ, NY
#Coops4SDGs #DohaDeclaration
ALT 🌏 Save the Date, #CSocD64 side event! Advancing Social Development & Social Justice through Cooperative & Social and Solidarity Economy SSE Solutions-From World Social Summit to Implementation. 📅 6 Feb 2026 | 10:00–11:15 AM 📍CR.11, UNHQ, NY #Coops4SDGs #SSE #DohaDeclaration
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Feb 2
📅 6 Feb 2026 | #CSocD64
🤝 COPAC and @icacoop will host a side event on how cooperatives and the #SSE can help translate World Social Summit commitments and the #IYC2025 legacy into concrete policies for social development and social justice.
📺 webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1u/k1…
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22 Dec 2025
✨ As the year wraps up, we’re reflecting on solutions that reduce inequality and expand opportunity.
📘 Our latest policy brief shows how cooperatives advance #SDG10 through decent work, inclusion, and democratic economic participation
🔗 Read: copac.coop/iyc-2025-series-b…
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17 Dec 2025
🟢Cooperatives are delivering climate solutions🟢
New SDG 13 policy brief from COPAC & @icacoop highlights coop action on climate resilience, renewable energy, sustainable production, and community-led resource management.
📄 EN | FR | ES
🔗 copac.coop/iyc-2025-series-b…
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2 Dec 2025
New 🚨 SDG 1 brief published!
Cooperatives reduce poverty by expanding access to decent work, finance, & essential services — especially for those left behind.
Download the EN/FR/SP versions 👉copac.coop/iyc-2025-series-b…
#SDG1 #NoPoverty #IYC2025 #CooperativesBuildABetterWorld
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As the UN International Year of Cooperatives concludes at #SocialSummit2025, we recognize a year of impact.
They've proven their vital role in eradicating poverty and advancing the #GlobalGoals.
Now it's time to turn this momentum into policy.
2025.coop/iyc/
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COPAC retweeted
Are you attending the #SocialSummit2025? 🌍
Join the events & activities on coops & the wider #SSE where the ILO is presenting/participating — including #IYC2025 closing & the Solutions Session on the SSE & visit the IYC2025 exhibition booth! 🙌
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#WSSD
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4 Nov 2025
📢💫🌍Happening LIVE in Doha 🇶🇦
Tune in via UNTV📺 webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1r/k1…
4 Nov 2025
Join us for the official closing of the Coops Year at the #SocialSummit2025 the related press conference online starting at 11:30 am Qatar Time live on UN Web TV
IYC Closing: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1r/k1…
Press conference: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1h/k1…
#CooperativesBuildABetterWorld
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4 Nov 2025
Join us for the official closing of the Coops Year at the #SocialSummit2025 the related press conference online starting at 11:30 am Qatar Time live on UN Web TV
IYC Closing: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1r/k1…
Press conference: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1h/k1…
#CooperativesBuildABetterWorld
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COPAC retweeted
From Morocco 🇲🇦 to Kenya 🇰🇪 to Tanzania 🇹🇿, cooperatives are proving that education powered by cooperation transforms lives
🔗Read how Yasmine Annajah Cooperative, @CoopVarsityKE & @MoCU2019 advance #SDG4 in the new policy brief: copac.coop/iyc-2025-series-b…
#IYC2025 #coops4dev🌍
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3 Nov 2025
🌍 The #IYC2025 Closing Event takes place TOMORROW at the #WSSD2 in Doha!
🕚 11:30–12:45 (AST) | Room 106
🎥 Watch live: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1r/k1…
Hear from ICA, UN, and Member States as we mark the close of a year celebrating how #CoopsBuildABetterWorld 🌏
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17 Oct 2025
🌍 Ending poverty means putting people first.
🤝 Cooperatives are building shared prosperity through people-centred enterprise.
🟢 Stay tuned for COPAC’s upcoming #IYC2025 brief on #SDG1 #NoPoverty.
#CooperaticesBuildABetterWorld
17 Oct 2025
Families everywhere deserve respect, support, and dignity. This #EndPoverty Day calls on institutions to help them thrive, not struggle. Through shared effort and decent work, communities can build fairer, more caring futures.
#CooperativesBuildABetterWorld #IYC2025 #CoopsYear
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14 Oct 2025
3 weeks to go before the #SocialSummit2025 in Doha, Qatar!
The ICA will host the Closing Ceremony of the @UN International Year of Cooperatives #IYC2025 on 4 November in Doha, as part of the Second World Summit for Social Development programme.
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14 Oct 2025
🌱 From local farms to global policy, cooperation is key!
Proud to see @FAO & @icacoop championing women and youth-led #cooperatives at #WFF2025 — a strong example of UN & cooperative movement collaboration under #IYC2025. 🤝🌍
13 Oct 2025
Women & youth-led cooperatives are planting the seeds of transformation in our agrifood systems.
Join our #WFF2025 Seeds of Inclusion a youth side event spotlighting bold voices & inclusive innovation
🗓 15 October
⏰10:30 CEST
📌faoeventregistration.powerap…
#IYC2025 #Coops
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8 Oct 2025
💼 Cooperatives are driving #DecentWork for all — creating jobs, extending social protection 🛡️, promoting equality ⚖️ & building resilience 💪.
Learn more in COPAC’s brief — Building a Better World Together: Cooperative Contributions to #SDG8
🔗 copac.coop/iyc-2025-series-b…
Decent work is a human right. 🙌
The SSE contributes to its realization by putting values of democratic and/or participatory governance, solidarity, autonomy & independence, & the primacy of people & social purpose over capital into practice.
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6 Oct 2025
📚Education opens doors — and cooperatives are holding them open!
From 🏫 school co-ops in Malaysia to 💻 digital learning hubs in Chile, co-ops make learning inclusive for all.
Download the new SDG4 brief here 👉 shorturl.at/JnV8R
#IYC2025 #SDG4 #CoopsBuildABetterWorld
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